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look at the bush versus gore supreme court case. the court ruled the vote recount was unconstitutional because it violated the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. legal experts discuss the decision's merits and the precedent it set. the american constitution society for law and policy hosted this 95 minute event. >> hello, everybody. wonderful to have such a great showing today during we want to welcome you to our event, bush v gore, 15 years later. the supreme court in american democracy. i am caroline fredrickson. i'm happy you are able to join us today. i would like to very much thank you julie fernandes and the open society foundation for hosting us here today in this wonderful space. and for any of those who may not yet be familiar with the american constitution society, we are a nationwide network of lawyers, law students, judges, policymakers and scholars who believe that the law should be to improve the lives of all people. we work for positive change by shaping the debate on vitally important legal and constitutional
look at the bush versus gore supreme court case. the court ruled the vote recount was unconstitutional because it violated the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. legal experts discuss the decision's merits and the precedent it set. the american constitution society for law and policy hosted this 95 minute event. >> hello, everybody. wonderful to have such a great showing today during we want to welcome you to our event, bush v gore, 15 years later. the supreme court in american...
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the supreme court backs down. in 1935, it gives up on the idea that it can define what the public interest is and strike down laws that depart from it. so, and other people to get to decide, what is reasonable and what is oppressive. how does that work out? well, it works out ok in terms of the drastic economic regulations. and that is important. the great depression was a serious crisis. there should have been a national response from the federal government, the supreme court was preventing that. but the great depression is not the only crisis that fdr gets. there's another one. a crisis that echoes down the years. it finds some parallels in our recent history. and that shapes our modern understanding of the constitution. and the role of judges. on december 7, 1941, the empire of japan attacked the united states fleet at pearl harbor. the destruction is enormous. all eight battleships are damaged, to totally lost. over 300 aircraft are damaged or destroyed. and 2400 servicemembers are killed. more than the materi
the supreme court backs down. in 1935, it gives up on the idea that it can define what the public interest is and strike down laws that depart from it. so, and other people to get to decide, what is reasonable and what is oppressive. how does that work out? well, it works out ok in terms of the drastic economic regulations. and that is important. the great depression was a serious crisis. there should have been a national response from the federal government, the supreme court was preventing...
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the telephone cases and the supreme court still get cited in modern supreme court cases so it's the same institution we are looking at of the 19 century and today. we look back through it to that time and it can tell us a surprising amount about how it works. >> there was this argument tinting genes. from the very first i could not understand how anybody could be stupid enough to let them patent something of nature an. how has that been resolved? what other similar things are the schemers trying to sabotage us with? that's a very fair to about tinting genes. genes.enting the supreme court the case about engineeredenetically organisms. they said it's a human inventions and you can patent it. the patent office took that as a signal that they should be awarding patents for inventions in biotechnology and eventually, that include giving his for humangene sequences. companies would claim that as an isolated gene. the theory was after a while that this was not something that was in nature because in nature, it's bonded with other stuff. the claim is to be isolated provide version. -- purified
the telephone cases and the supreme court still get cited in modern supreme court cases so it's the same institution we are looking at of the 19 century and today. we look back through it to that time and it can tell us a surprising amount about how it works. >> there was this argument tinting genes. from the very first i could not understand how anybody could be stupid enough to let them patent something of nature an. how has that been resolved? what other similar things are the schemers...
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he will become the chief justice of the south carolina supreme court. when john jay resigns, he is elected governor of new york. he leaves the post of chief justice. that leaves it empty. washington will tap john rutledge of south carolina. rutledge will come back to philadelphia and serve as chief justice. he was appointed during a recess of congress. he actually serves the session of the court as chief justice. when the senate comes back later that year, they then take up the question of approving john rutledge. now george washington never had anyone reject it that -- rejected that he has appointed. this is never happened in our young history. john rutledge has a number of things going against him. people think he is crazy. he has definitely had some strange things to say. he has a reputation amongst some people. but also, where he will also get into trouble, and he made pointed comments about that jay treaty negotiated by his predecessor. he made some speeches. they were rambling speeches. he made some comments about the senate itself. the senators w
he will become the chief justice of the south carolina supreme court. when john jay resigns, he is elected governor of new york. he leaves the post of chief justice. that leaves it empty. washington will tap john rutledge of south carolina. rutledge will come back to philadelphia and serve as chief justice. he was appointed during a recess of congress. he actually serves the session of the court as chief justice. when the senate comes back later that year, they then take up the question of...
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supreme court for two weeks. there were other patent owners who filed thousands of suit in campaigns that were just as big and controversial as bell's. certain courts were swamped by patent cases. i have a lot of this in the book. but if you'll forgive me giving a preview of where have taken this work next, and where i think it opens into, here'somethings that is my favorite graph at the moment. this is the number of patent suits filed every year from 1923 to 2013. end as thebit at the patent explosion happens. a number of lawsuits hurt per selected years in the 19th century. 1860 is fully 10 times what you get in 2013. 19th-century cases are just the ones i found filed in new york city, in philadelphia, not the rest of the country. if there was a great patent litigation explosion in america, today, it's the middle of the 19th century. at the golden age of patent madness. i've put those details and others in an article i have forthcoming in "the yield law journal." just to wrap up on the book, this is not just a
supreme court for two weeks. there were other patent owners who filed thousands of suit in campaigns that were just as big and controversial as bell's. certain courts were swamped by patent cases. i have a lot of this in the book. but if you'll forgive me giving a preview of where have taken this work next, and where i think it opens into, here'somethings that is my favorite graph at the moment. this is the number of patent suits filed every year from 1923 to 2013. end as thebit at the patent...
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court changed it, so the supreme court listens to the public and they will listen to this. they have been pretty tone deaf in not being able to see what this has done to the country and the congress and the senate and the presidency, but they will, eventually. it goes hand in glove. we can't in washington to concentrate on washington, it is what we know and where we work, but the great news about reform is, not only that we now have presidential candidates talking about the bologna process being broken, which leads to the economic inequality in our country, but we also have states across the country, 25 states i believe, who have taken this issue on, to reform their own states, cleaning up lobbying and trying to cleave the connection between lobbyists and lobbyists directly giving to a legislator. they did that and south carolina and they affirmed that it was illegal. maine,ncisco, seattle, all passing legislation at the local and state level and republicans cannot object to this. this is a states rights, the people at the grassroots acting to empower small donors to do mor
court changed it, so the supreme court listens to the public and they will listen to this. they have been pretty tone deaf in not being able to see what this has done to the country and the congress and the senate and the presidency, but they will, eventually. it goes hand in glove. we can't in washington to concentrate on washington, it is what we know and where we work, but the great news about reform is, not only that we now have presidential candidates talking about the bologna process...
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supreme court. the 59-year-old brandeis wrote to his brother alfred -- i'm not exactly sure that i am to be congratulated, but i am convinced, all things considered, that i should accept. [laughter] ms. lynch: the public reaction to his announcement was swift and explosive. former president william howard taft denounced the nomination, calling brandeis quote -- and muckegor -- a mc raker -- raker. and in my judgment, of much power for evil. the "new york times," complained to the brandeis is essentially a contender, a striver after change and reform it. yes, brandeis was rather tenacious, and he certainly was striving to reform society. as a young lawyer, he and samuel war and wrote in 1890 and extremely influential essay in the harvard law review the defined the right to privacy for the modern age, in response to what they called the all too enterprising press, and new technologies that could reproduce things or sounds. later, when taking legal action to limit the number of hours that women were fo
supreme court. the 59-year-old brandeis wrote to his brother alfred -- i'm not exactly sure that i am to be congratulated, but i am convinced, all things considered, that i should accept. [laughter] ms. lynch: the public reaction to his announcement was swift and explosive. former president william howard taft denounced the nomination, calling brandeis quote -- and muckegor -- a mc raker -- raker. and in my judgment, of much power for evil. the "new york times," complained to the...
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her -- supreme court heard arguments for two weeks. when the case was decided the one inr was he only entire brick-like volume. this massive case is not without .ts cost to the court the next day the chief justice took to his bed with exhaustion and a chill and 40 later he was dead. . bell's lawyers told the history of his invention, bell's heroically forward. they picked apart the rival claims of other inventors and ugh was that drawba their main rival. literally a week before the supreme court arguments, aawbaugh's lawyers submitted new argument is claiming they'll had copied part of his office from elisha gray. that thehe argument conspiracy books have revived. they brought out the examiner who signed an affidavit saying he helped bell and his lawyers steal from great's patent. the produced with this -- from gray's patent. the produced what they said was an original copy of bell's patent full of pencil marks. it was a huge smoking gun. at the time, it was clearly a disaster. the lawyer said that is not the original copy, that is som
her -- supreme court heard arguments for two weeks. when the case was decided the one inr was he only entire brick-like volume. this massive case is not without .ts cost to the court the next day the chief justice took to his bed with exhaustion and a chill and 40 later he was dead. . bell's lawyers told the history of his invention, bell's heroically forward. they picked apart the rival claims of other inventors and ugh was that drawba their main rival. literally a week before the supreme...
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president woodrow wilson nominated brandeis to the supreme court. he became the first jewish justice to sit on the highest court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg. then at 6:55, professors freeman who studies early american po politics and brian balo who specializes in the 20th century discusses political parties and partisanship from the founding era to present day. sunday morning at 10:00 on rod to the white house rewind, from the 2000 campaign a south carolina republican primary debate featuring texas fwov nor george w. bush, arizona senator john mccain and alan coast. cnn hosted the event in columbia and larry king moderated. governor bush won in south carolina halting senator mcca mccain's momentum and went on to secure the republican nomination. and at 6:00 american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall including letters, photographs, artwork and e meta medals. includes 400,000 items stored at
president woodrow wilson nominated brandeis to the supreme court. he became the first jewish justice to sit on the highest court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg. then at 6:55, professors freeman who studies early american po politics and brian balo who specializes in the 20th century discusses political parties and partisanship from the founding era to present day. sunday morning...
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supreme court. in june, he became the first jewish person to sit on the court. 1939.ved until in commemoration of the 100th ruthsince his nomination, bader ginsberg discusses his contribution. this program at brandeis university is about two hours. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome the president of brandeis university. [applause] ms. lynch: good evening, it brings me great pleasure to welcome everyone. students, faculties, alum, staff, distinct panelists and friends to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis university. i want to welcome in particular some of our special guests. massachusetts attorney general marla healy. [applause] congresswoman katherine clark. [applause] state senators michael barrett, james eldridge, and karen socha. [applause] ms. lynch: state revenues and -- state representatives david linsky and dave kaufman. [applause] our very own jeannette mccarthy. [applause] counselorscity kathleen mcmenamin and george darcy. [applause] and i want to give a very special warm
supreme court. in june, he became the first jewish person to sit on the court. 1939.ved until in commemoration of the 100th ruthsince his nomination, bader ginsberg discusses his contribution. this program at brandeis university is about two hours. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome the president of brandeis university. [applause] ms. lynch: good evening, it brings me great pleasure to welcome everyone. students, faculties, alum, staff, distinct panelists and friends to this...
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supreme court and it was summarily reversed. basicallily the supreme court said we meant when we said in citizens united and there's nothing special about montana that deserves an exception to the first amendment. if there is going to be legislative efforts of that sort, which i think is unlikely under the current atmosphere but always possible, i think the legislative effort is more indirect and it's reflected in the disclose act proposed in the last couple of congresses where the proponents, based on the upholding of disclosure requirements in the citizens united case, which was 8-1 decision -- >> i guess part of my question, i was assuming if hillary clinton is elected, for example, one of the things that she's going to say most clearly is that the next justices i choose for the supreme court will be committed to whatever, overturning or reversing -- >> there's actually -- i don't think anyone -- the way things have sorted out over time, i don't think anyone she would appoint to the supreme court -- she doesn't have to ask th
supreme court and it was summarily reversed. basicallily the supreme court said we meant when we said in citizens united and there's nothing special about montana that deserves an exception to the first amendment. if there is going to be legislative efforts of that sort, which i think is unlikely under the current atmosphere but always possible, i think the legislative effort is more indirect and it's reflected in the disclose act proposed in the last couple of congresses where the proponents,...
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supreme court. which is nine more than all 15 candidates, when we had 15 candidates, combined. we understands we cannot afford to get a supreme court justice wrong ever again. we can't afford to get federal judges ever again. and how hard is this? we're looking for judges that uphold the constitution. and follow the law. we're looking for judges that don't make law from the bench. so, ted cruz has pledged that he will personally interview every nominee for the u.s. supreme court. i've never heard that before from a president. and if you didn't know, he was actually a clerk for the chief justice on the supreme court, the beginning of his legal career. he was behind the curtain. he knows what makes these guys tick. he will make sure that we get someone with a fidelity for the constitution and understands what a bedrock it is for all of us, for all of our liberties. if judges are making policies for us, then none of us have any power. that is not our system. i firmly believe ted cruz is best swate itua
supreme court. which is nine more than all 15 candidates, when we had 15 candidates, combined. we understands we cannot afford to get a supreme court justice wrong ever again. we can't afford to get federal judges ever again. and how hard is this? we're looking for judges that uphold the constitution. and follow the law. we're looking for judges that don't make law from the bench. so, ted cruz has pledged that he will personally interview every nominee for the u.s. supreme court. i've never...
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historians explore the history of the death penalty in america including the supreme court case that affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment. historianuthor and james swanson compares the assassinations of abraham lincoln in 1855 to john f. kennedy in 1963. their personal similarities and differences in terms of office, the background and state of the country at the time. they also talked about the experience of the two windows -- widows. knowledgeabley about lincoln so jackie did have much in line the lincoln precedent for the funeral. >> for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> this year, c-span's touring cities across the country exploring american history. first a look at our recent visit to santa barbara, california. earlye 1910's into the teens, film studios were anybody with a camera. there was a lot of people realizing there is money to be made in this new endeavor. previously films had been shown it nickelodeon's. they had a camera that took a picture of a girl doing a shimmy shake so you paid a nickel and got to watch a movie like this. but it to develop
historians explore the history of the death penalty in america including the supreme court case that affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment. historianuthor and james swanson compares the assassinations of abraham lincoln in 1855 to john f. kennedy in 1963. their personal similarities and differences in terms of office, the background and state of the country at the time. they also talked about the experience of the two windows -- widows. knowledgeabley about lincoln so jackie did...
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this resulted in a trial for high treason and high misdemeanor by the united states supreme court. he was acquitted. in jefferson second term as president, he was against aaron burr. further attempts at prosecution were likely. aaron burr fled to europe. as late as 1812 when he returned , he had to slip into the country under a false name. ultimately, he returned to the practice of law in new york city and that is what he was doing in 1833, the year if his marriage to eliza jumel. the question remains, what brought them together? the undoubted attraction was eliza jumel's money. aaron burr was a brilliant man in many ways. he was a genius at seizing opportunities. he was a compulsive debtor, totally unable to save money for tomorrow. i found quite a few records of the new york court that have not previously been examined in his literature. they show him time after time borrowing money, sing promising to do that, and then default in. five cases, i found between 1819-1829 in which aaron burr borrowed money, given promissory note, and then was unable to pay. askedther two cases, he so
this resulted in a trial for high treason and high misdemeanor by the united states supreme court. he was acquitted. in jefferson second term as president, he was against aaron burr. further attempts at prosecution were likely. aaron burr fled to europe. as late as 1812 when he returned , he had to slip into the country under a false name. ultimately, he returned to the practice of law in new york city and that is what he was doing in 1833, the year if his marriage to eliza jumel. the question...
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i should note that the supreme court rejected his claim but there was a lot to the claim. his lawyer did not take a lot of basic steps to prepared for -- to prepare for the sentencing hearing. he did not request a presentence investigation or a psych evaluation. he did not investigate or provide any character witnesses. he did not even prepare a sentencing memo to the judge. these are all things for lawyers that are pretty basic steps when you have a capital client. but the lawyer said i had a hopeless feeling i can honestly say i don't know that i felt there was anything which i could do which was going to save david washington from his fate. i am getting this from a recent article that looked back at the record and the justices papers in this case. and there's no question of washington's guilt in the murders. he gave a lengthy confession. he played guilty to the murders. but there was a real chance that a different lawyer might have convinced the court not to impose the death penalty. all the supreme court did not the case still is the governing doctrine for those types
i should note that the supreme court rejected his claim but there was a lot to the claim. his lawyer did not take a lot of basic steps to prepared for -- to prepare for the sentencing hearing. he did not request a presentence investigation or a psych evaluation. he did not investigate or provide any character witnesses. he did not even prepare a sentencing memo to the judge. these are all things for lawyers that are pretty basic steps when you have a capital client. but the lawyer said i had a...
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mount vernon itself past two george washington's nephew who was also a supreme court justice . items in thef the library. many of these pieces at mount vernon, later handed down through the family, came up for auction. certainly we know that it was very hard for washington family members to part with the material reminders of george washington, but keep in mind that these were troubled times in america, especially during the 19th century with the upheaval of the civil war. just as the washington family was not able to direct all of their resources to keeping up mount vernon, there were also not able to preserve all of these remarkable objects themselves and thought they might be best cared for in the hands of a greater american public. at that time we see a lot of , different objects coming up for sale throughout the 19th century. interestingly, this volume was seen as so important that it was purchased by a series of well known american philanthropists, benefactors, and collectors. it was purchased by phoebe hearst of california, who eventually became mount vernon's first vice
mount vernon itself past two george washington's nephew who was also a supreme court justice . items in thef the library. many of these pieces at mount vernon, later handed down through the family, came up for auction. certainly we know that it was very hard for washington family members to part with the material reminders of george washington, but keep in mind that these were troubled times in america, especially during the 19th century with the upheaval of the civil war. just as the...
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it was only later when the supreme court, the federal court intervened, then the supreme court, that the brown administration was pushed to do something but i think this idea of we're not really going to move unless somebody forces us to is something that characterizes both of these political careers. i think much to the disappointment of progressive voters in the state. i don't know if that helps. >> just a broad question about gender and i just wonder the extent to which, if any, the essence e presence of female death row inmates shaped media discourse, rhetoric, on this broader phenomenon. >> so this is actually something my student ryan newby did a quantitative study comparing women and men who committed domestic homicides to see the percentages and why people were sentenced to death as opposed to life without parole. he found out something really interesting. he found out that -- this goes back to i think a lot to paul's comments about sort of this aggravating and mitigating thing and sort of trying to rationalize these factors. the list of aggravating factors that would sort of
it was only later when the supreme court, the federal court intervened, then the supreme court, that the brown administration was pushed to do something but i think this idea of we're not really going to move unless somebody forces us to is something that characterizes both of these political careers. i think much to the disappointment of progressive voters in the state. i don't know if that helps. >> just a broad question about gender and i just wonder the extent to which, if any, the...
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spanned two supreme court terms. so the president certainly wants to move promptly so that the united states senate can do the same in giving his nominee a fair hearing and a timely yes or no vote. >> vice president in an interview to public radio and talked a little bit about sort of how the from ez is looking at his pick and suggested that he may be going for a consensus candidate, said the president won't pick -- his words -- won't pick the most liberal jurist in the nation. he made a point of noting many judges have had unanimous support from republicans. should we read into that? is the president sort of moving towards a consensus pick as opposed to one end of the spectrum or the other? >> obviously vice president biden has a unique perspective on this situation. he is somebody as chairman of the senate judiciary committee presided over the confirmation hearings of i believe four different supreme court justices. so he obviously has his own unique insight into the kind of criteria that a president can and should
spanned two supreme court terms. so the president certainly wants to move promptly so that the united states senate can do the same in giving his nominee a fair hearing and a timely yes or no vote. >> vice president in an interview to public radio and talked a little bit about sort of how the from ez is looking at his pick and suggested that he may be going for a consensus candidate, said the president won't pick -- his words -- won't pick the most liberal jurist in the nation. he made a...
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supreme court, the first jewish justice on the highest court. in commemoration of the anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university in massachusetts hosted a panel including supreme court justice route bader ginsburg to discuss his contributions to american democracy. then at 6:55, professors freeman who studies early american politics and bellow specializing in the 20th century discuss the evolution of political parties and partisanship from the founding era to present day. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, from the 2000 campaign, a south carolina republican primary debate with texas governor george w. bush, arizona senator john mccain and alan keys. cnn hosted the event in columbia and larry king moderated. governor bush won in south carolina and he went on to secure the republican nomination. and at 6:00, american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall including letters, graphs, art work and metals, about 400,000 items at national park museum resource center in maryland. for th
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let's turn to the supreme court. just a little bit before you came out here this morning -- or actually this afternoon i should say, governor sandoval said that he told the white house he's not interested in this supreme court nomination. now that he's out of the running, so to speak, can you tell us whether he was actually seriously being considered? and is he emblematic of the type of mainstream candidate that the president feel ls might garner enough support to be able to be confirmed? >> josh, even after the fact i'm not going to get into a lot of details about who's on the president's list and who's not. in part that is because the list is not final at this point. so the work that the president and his team are doing to find the very best person in america to fill the supreme court vacancy is ongoing. and for the kind of criteria that the president will use in evaluating potential nominees i encourage you to take a close look at the blog that the president wrote on the scotus blog yesterday where he outlined how
let's turn to the supreme court. just a little bit before you came out here this morning -- or actually this afternoon i should say, governor sandoval said that he told the white house he's not interested in this supreme court nomination. now that he's out of the running, so to speak, can you tell us whether he was actually seriously being considered? and is he emblematic of the type of mainstream candidate that the president feel ls might garner enough support to be able to be confirmed?...
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just this week the supreme court intervened in another overreaching of the obama administration by staying implementation of the clean power plant. i'm glad that the courts have intervene. however, it should never have come to this. just because something sounds great in theory in dc doesn't mean it will work or have impact on constituents. most times than not they do nothing, the original conservationists. there's economic incentive to adopt practices of long-term liability. while it play be popular among some, i think you can acknowledge that nobody cares more about the environment than those who drive revenues from it. today's committee members will talk about examples in which epa's regulatory approach justifiable increase for doing businessers for ranchers, proposed changes and modified standards for farm workers and many others regardless of which some believe regulations might be justifyiable and must be based on science. farmers face increasing pressure from pest and disease. increase in crop loss will impact food prices. the economic consequences of these actions, consequences cou
just this week the supreme court intervened in another overreaching of the obama administration by staying implementation of the clean power plant. i'm glad that the courts have intervene. however, it should never have come to this. just because something sounds great in theory in dc doesn't mean it will work or have impact on constituents. most times than not they do nothing, the original conservationists. there's economic incentive to adopt practices of long-term liability. while it play be...
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. >> t >> the supreme court halted implementation of the power plan until legal challenges against it are resolved in the courts. some members a discussed the flint, michigan, water contamination crisis. this is three hours. >> i've asked mike bosh to open with a prayer. >> dear heavenly father, we thank you so much for the we opportunity to serve this great nation. lord, we thank you for the res freedoms that we have.make we thank you that you have blessed up as you have with thee rich resources and the ability to use those to make the world a better place. lord, guide us and direct us, give us wisdom through this hearing. we ask all this in jesus' name, amen. >> thank you, michael. i want to thank you m administrator mccarthy for being here this morning. the appreciate you being here.y there's a reason, a top issue for nearly every member of our ag committee is related to the n regulatory agenda for the environmental protection agency. many members of this committee believe the agenda has been absent of the any recognition o for the consequences of rural america and production of ag
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supreme court. he was acquitted. jefferson and his second term as r, whoent was against bur he saw as a political rival. further attempts at prosecution more likely -- or likely. fled to europe. when he came back, he slipped into the country under a false name. to theely, he returned practice of law in new york city and that is what he was doing in 1833, the year of his marriage to eliza jumel. remains, what brought these two celebrities together? the undoubted, attraction was eliza's money. in many a brilliant man ways. he was a genius at seizing opportunities but a compulsive debtor, totally unable to save money for tomorrow. records ofte a few the new york courts that have not previously been examined in literature and they show him time after time promising to pay money back and defaulting. example, i found five cases between 1819 and 1829 in which , given arrowed money promissory note saying he would pay in a few months, and then one -- then was unable to pay. then in 1833, two months before his marriage to eliz
supreme court. he was acquitted. jefferson and his second term as r, whoent was against bur he saw as a political rival. further attempts at prosecution more likely -- or likely. fled to europe. when he came back, he slipped into the country under a false name. to theely, he returned practice of law in new york city and that is what he was doing in 1833, the year of his marriage to eliza jumel. remains, what brought these two celebrities together? the undoubted, attraction was eliza's money. in...
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they had to go downstairs to the supreme court to get a bible. the supreme court was in the u.s. capital. bible.d a different justice would read from the bible to open the court session. this is not the lincoln bible. it is better. thes the bible that roger, man who said that people of color to never be equal, never be citizens, never have any white rights, that is his bible. when obama put his hand out, he literally closed the book for ever. that is the dream -- the book forever. that is the dream. >> the nation has been criticized for being partisan on ideals.otes reflect his i think it is somewhat partisan at the end of the section. principally are not academic historians. we have both had complicated and adventurous lives that, in my politics,ve been in government, i have worked for mario cuomo, i imprisoned andrew with -- i am friends andrew cuomo. garfinkel and his wife are reporters of women in politics and have made that a cause. so, we think we are right. [laughter] we are not always successful, but we think we are right. here,not ever say -- and i criticize the critics,
they had to go downstairs to the supreme court to get a bible. the supreme court was in the u.s. capital. bible.d a different justice would read from the bible to open the court session. this is not the lincoln bible. it is better. thes the bible that roger, man who said that people of color to never be equal, never be citizens, never have any white rights, that is his bible. when obama put his hand out, he literally closed the book for ever. that is the dream -- the book forever. that is the...
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that issue is now in the supreme court. the supreme court agreed to hear the case. it will be decided this term. my suspicion, although as i was telling my bankruptcy students yesterday in class, my track record on predicting the supreme court is it's less -- it's above zero, but it's well below 50%. my guess is it won't be decided until the summer, and whatever happens will be too late to be a major part of the solution to this crisis is my view. it's possible i'm wrong about that, but the decision will come too late, and it's at best 50-50 that puerto rico's going to win i think in the supreme court. as crazy as that seems. and maybe i should note, i and a co-author of mine filed a little amicus brief saying the supreme court should reverse the lower courts. but back on the question of bankruptcy generally and why do republicans seem to be coalescing toward a control board plus check, something that sounds a little bit like a bailout approach. my first reaction to this that question is, i hope that's not where republicans are coalescing. my sense is, my sense may
that issue is now in the supreme court. the supreme court agreed to hear the case. it will be decided this term. my suspicion, although as i was telling my bankruptcy students yesterday in class, my track record on predicting the supreme court is it's less -- it's above zero, but it's well below 50%. my guess is it won't be decided until the summer, and whatever happens will be too late to be a major part of the solution to this crisis is my view. it's possible i'm wrong about that, but the...
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a number of civil rights cases before the supreme court. that transformed the entire political landscape. >> dwight eisenhower had some civil rights moments. a federal intervention in little rock. but, how do he look at eisenhower? in grad school, there is the idea that eisenhower ironed things out. there has been a revisionism that he was more hands-on. did you miss something on him back then? >> certainly. that eisenhower demanded all memos be only a paragraph long so that his lips would not get tired. there were bumper stickers. to have agoing golfer, why not elect ben hogan? this is the view at the time that john foster dallas actually ran american on policy. this is when the papers opened in abilene. clear that eisenhower was a man that controlled foreign policy. i think that this rehabilitation of eisenhower has gone too far. nevermind how i voted. it is said now that he brought down joe mccarthy. for theis responsible war in court. that he was an advocate of civil rights. i do not think any of this things are very correct. he caved i
a number of civil rights cases before the supreme court. that transformed the entire political landscape. >> dwight eisenhower had some civil rights moments. a federal intervention in little rock. but, how do he look at eisenhower? in grad school, there is the idea that eisenhower ironed things out. there has been a revisionism that he was more hands-on. did you miss something on him back then? >> certainly. that eisenhower demanded all memos be only a paragraph long so that his...
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supreme court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university in massachusetts hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth baderr ginsberg to discuss his contributions to american democracy. then joanne freeman, who studies early american politics and brian balow who specializes in the 20th century discuss the evolution of political parties and partisanship from the founding era to present day. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind from the 2000 campaign, a south carolina republican primary debate featuring texas governor george w. bush, arizona senator john mccain, and alan keyes. rnn hosted the event in columbia. and larry king moderated. governor bush won in south carolina, halting senator mccain's momentum and he went on to secure the republican nomination. and at 6:00, american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall, including letters, photographs, art work and medals. the collection includes about
supreme court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, brandeis university in massachusetts hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth baderr ginsberg to discuss his contributions to american democracy. then joanne freeman, who studies early american politics and brian balow who specializes in the 20th century discuss the evolution of political parties and partisanship from the founding era to present day. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind...
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he supreme court should have waited until all the ballots were counted to issue an opinion to say, this election is over. needed this to be decided by december 12th so two e will have a full weeks of christmas shopping day.re christmas history tv erican american's artifacts gives places. and historic the collection includes an estimated 400,000 items left at since it opened in 1982. the collections are stored in these blue boxes. next we visit the national park service resource center to see a selection of items left at the wall. hi. and workeum technician for the vietnam memorial out in maryland. it's for national capital regions parks. housed collection is entirely in this building. we are a collection of objects at a memorial in d.c., the vietnam memorial. come by the memorial every day and leave objects at the rangers which our park collect and then every two weeks or so, we do a pick-up at the them out nd we bring here to our museum resource center and we sort through them catalog them and make them part of our collection. some objects to show you from the collection. hey kind of c
he supreme court should have waited until all the ballots were counted to issue an opinion to say, this election is over. needed this to be decided by december 12th so two e will have a full weeks of christmas shopping day.re christmas history tv erican american's artifacts gives places. and historic the collection includes an estimated 400,000 items left at since it opened in 1982. the collections are stored in these blue boxes. next we visit the national park service resource center to see a...
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he committed total war on the "unlawful irrigations of power" in the supreme court. he also remembered the disdain .f his father it was one reason why it later in his career, he would embrace magical thinking about his own , attending to .ationalize swing,ls would .stablished in that 1912 race andjones was hamstrung, despicable as he was to his father, was stylish, in formidable. the fair-minded in the principled became commingled in his mind as political weakness. thurmond knew this was a path renown thatence and for.ather always longed there's one thing i want to say about oneearly years of the great things i found while doing research. gentlemen from a edgefield, a man who was himself historian and close friend of the thurmonds. he pointed me to the biography of francis butler simpson. -- simkins. this magnum opus is a biography of pitchfork ben tillman. at some point, he sat down to write this kind of gossipy, thinly fictionalized account of his hometown. published,was never and is now preserved only in the archives at longwood university where simkins taught. it
he committed total war on the "unlawful irrigations of power" in the supreme court. he also remembered the disdain .f his father it was one reason why it later in his career, he would embrace magical thinking about his own , attending to .ationalize swing,ls would .stablished in that 1912 race andjones was hamstrung, despicable as he was to his father, was stylish, in formidable. the fair-minded in the principled became commingled in his mind as political weakness. thurmond knew this...
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it is also true of the supreme court. people may be inclined to think that knowing all of the great , that a number of the supreme court decisions of the1970's were part of warren court. roe v wade did not take place under warren. not directly because this was nixon's intent. far from it. of things continuity that had begun earlier in the 1930's. prof. brinkley: would you rather have dinner with nixon or harding? [laughter] prof. leuchtenburg: one of my has been reading my book and he e-mailed me a couple of days ago and said, i just read your nixon chapter. after you wrote it, did you wash your hands? [laughter] i was going to dodge the question. i said that the one person i did have dinner with was jimmy carter. presidency at the smithsonian, in washington, we were on a panel together. i said, i would not want to have dinner with jimmy carter. in many ways, and admirable man. with the possible exception of , the mosty adams admirable ex-president we have ever had, but spent the whole just the way we think of him. smile.
it is also true of the supreme court. people may be inclined to think that knowing all of the great , that a number of the supreme court decisions of the1970's were part of warren court. roe v wade did not take place under warren. not directly because this was nixon's intent. far from it. of things continuity that had begun earlier in the 1930's. prof. brinkley: would you rather have dinner with nixon or harding? [laughter] prof. leuchtenburg: one of my has been reading my book and he e-mailed...
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supreme court. he became the first jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his
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supreme court decision. here in the state of utah we have worked together to try to find a solution. unfortunately, we have not yet succeeded in that effort. too often many of the problems created by the federal government are simply dumped at the feet of the states. we can speak out in defiance. we can choose to ignore them. or we can roll up our sleeves and work together to actually do something. my friends in the legislature, it's time to find a solution. this problem is not going to go away. this is too important of an issue to ignore. too many utahans work hard and still have no health care coverage. i will promise to you that i will work with you to continue providing constructive, practical solutions to every problem and every challenge that we face regardless of who created them. and i know that you want to do the same thing. no matter what issues we the people face, the states can and do find the best solutions. it's the states, not the federal government, that finds the best solutions. [ applause ]
supreme court decision. here in the state of utah we have worked together to try to find a solution. unfortunately, we have not yet succeeded in that effort. too often many of the problems created by the federal government are simply dumped at the feet of the states. we can speak out in defiance. we can choose to ignore them. or we can roll up our sleeves and work together to actually do something. my friends in the legislature, it's time to find a solution. this problem is not going to go...
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supreme court confirmation hearings. this program is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> armstrong williams, welcome to explorations in black leadership. >> thank you for inviting me. >> we are policed to ha ed tple here. i want to talk about the brown decision. it occurred before you were born. what was the discussion, if any, in your family or what was the feeling about what this might mean? >> my parents had quite a different take on government and the issues of race. my father actually in the discussions actually thought it was ridiculous that the highest court in the land even had to come to the conclusion of discussion that separation -- separate but equal was immoral. he always saw things in terms of moral and immoral. had the discussion to make a decision to make the facilities equ equal. his attitude was, son, they can try for the next 20 or 30 years to make the facilities equal, but the only way my children will have a quality education is that i got to ep sunsure that i happens. i have to make sure it happens bef
supreme court confirmation hearings. this program is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> armstrong williams, welcome to explorations in black leadership. >> thank you for inviting me. >> we are policed to ha ed tple here. i want to talk about the brown decision. it occurred before you were born. what was the discussion, if any, in your family or what was the feeling about what this might mean? >> my parents had quite a different take on government and the issues of race. my...
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at least the supreme court in citizens united said we need a higher standard of evidence. >> we heard a lot today about political polarization, ideological partisan and so on. have there been any studies of that and have those studies shown that campaign finance or buckley or campaign finance regulations might have created the polarization, have made it worse or anything like that? >> so ray laraja has done some impressive work on this and has looked at the effects of contributions on polarization in legislatures and tends to find that especially contributions working through the party have more of a moderating influence and i'm going to steal your words, you explained it to me earlier, is that parties want to win. so they are not too concerned about being idealogically pure so they can reign in the ideologues so you see less polarization because it's in the interest of parties. >> next question. any more questions? question in the back. >> so you talked about earlier that there is not -- or that more money means that people are more informed. is there any difference or distinction th
at least the supreme court in citizens united said we need a higher standard of evidence. >> we heard a lot today about political polarization, ideological partisan and so on. have there been any studies of that and have those studies shown that campaign finance or buckley or campaign finance regulations might have created the polarization, have made it worse or anything like that? >> so ray laraja has done some impressive work on this and has looked at the effects of contributions...
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king: but the supreme court ruled they can. keyes: frankly, the supreme court has ruled roe v. wade and a lot of other stuff. king: well, wait a minute, is the -- keyes: and as president of the united states -- excuse me. king: hold it. keyes: as president of the united states i will -- i will sit in an office that is co-equal with the supreme court, in which i will have an equal responsibility with the court for the interpretation of the constitution. king: do you -- wait a minute. do you agree that the court has the final word? keyes: let me finish. king: you don't think that. keyes: the constitution doesn't say that. let me finish. king: the court is not the final word? keyes: let me finish, larry. i think that it's very simple on campaign finance reform. instead of saying that because these politicians can't act with integrity we must give up our rights, let the ones who don't have the integrity give up their offices. and let's have a system that's very simple. no dollar vote without a ballot vote. only individuals capable of voting. king: you share that view? bush: yes, ab
king: but the supreme court ruled they can. keyes: frankly, the supreme court has ruled roe v. wade and a lot of other stuff. king: well, wait a minute, is the -- keyes: and as president of the united states -- excuse me. king: hold it. keyes: as president of the united states i will -- i will sit in an office that is co-equal with the supreme court, in which i will have an equal responsibility with the court for the interpretation of the constitution. king: do you -- wait a minute. do you...
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supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, discusses nomination. this is about two hours. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]
supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, discusses nomination. this is about two hours. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]
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earl warren being appointed to the supreme court. but how do we look at eisenhower used to be when i was going to grad school. there was a feeling that eisenhower farm things out to john foster dulles in foreign affairs and was golfing a lot, reading. now there has been, in the last decade, the revisionism. he was very hands-on, in charge of everything. do you consider yourself part of that wave of revising? did you miss something on eisenhower back then? do you think there is more to eisenhower than you thought? prof. leuchtenburg: yes, certainly. it was said that eisenhower, all memos were only a paragraph long so that his lips would not get tired. [laughter] there were bumper stickers saying, if we are going to have a golfer in the white house, why not elect ben hogan? [laughter]
earl warren being appointed to the supreme court. but how do we look at eisenhower used to be when i was going to grad school. there was a feeling that eisenhower farm things out to john foster dulles in foreign affairs and was golfing a lot, reading. now there has been, in the last decade, the revisionism. he was very hands-on, in charge of everything. do you consider yourself part of that wave of revising? did you miss something on eisenhower back then? do you think there is more to...
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supreme court. he became the first jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, the university in massachusetts hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth baden ginsburg to discuss his contributions to american democracy. at 6:55 professors who study early american history and specializes in 20th century discusses partisanship. sunday morning at 10:00 from the 2000 campaign a south carolina republican primary debate featuring george w. bush, arizona senator john mccain and alan keys. cnn hosted the event in columbia and larry king moderated. governor bush won in south carolina halting senator mccain's momentum and went on to secure the republican nomination. and at 6:00 american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall including letters, photographs, artwork and medals. the collection includes about 400,000 items all stored at the national park service museum resource center in maryland. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >>
supreme court. he became the first jewish justice to sit on the nation's highest court. in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, the university in massachusetts hosted a panel including supreme court justice ruth baden ginsburg to discuss his contributions to american democracy. at 6:55 professors who study early american history and specializes in 20th century discusses partisanship. sunday morning at 10:00 from the 2000 campaign a south carolina republican primary debate...
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. >> on the supreme court reaching out to members of the judiciary committee, the president didn't make any of those calls, or did he? >> the president made many of those calls. not all of them. >> so he spoke to someone in etch ooh member's office? did he speak to any members directly? >> maybe we're talking past each other. someone from the white house has contacted every single office on the senate judiciary committee. many of those calls were made by the president of the united states to members. the president did not call any staff. the staff level contacts occurred from white house staffers to senate staffers. >> can you say how many members he spoke to? he spoke to all them? >> no, the president did not speak to all members in all of the offices but many of them. he did speak to both democrats and republicans. >> can you say how many? >> i don't have the specific numbers here. but the president convened many calls with democrats and rms opt judiciary committee. >> you say these are intensive consultations. are names exchanged? >> well, i don't have a -- >> beyond just saying do y
. >> on the supreme court reaching out to members of the judiciary committee, the president didn't make any of those calls, or did he? >> the president made many of those calls. not all of them. >> so he spoke to someone in etch ooh member's office? did he speak to any members directly? >> maybe we're talking past each other. someone from the white house has contacted every single office on the senate judiciary committee. many of those calls were made by the president of...
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. >> there's a supreme court ruling about that. >> the 14th amendment says congress -- it now sees the states as the danger to liberty and congress can override the states when they try to deprive american citizens of their basic rights. it's a fundamental shift in the federal system from a state centered system before the civil war to one in which the federal government has far more power, particularly when it comes to defining the basic rights of all citizens. in the 20th century, little by little, the core incorporated, said ok, because of the 14th amendment the states now have to abide by the provisions of the bill of rights. this went on until very recently, the second amendment in the heller case. this process goes on over a long period of time. states now have to respect all those civil liberties in the bill of rights, which originally were meant to restrict the federal government and not the states. that's another important thing. the civil war greatly enhance the power of the federal government. that also goes into the constitution. this new sense of national power. >> the fir
. >> there's a supreme court ruling about that. >> the 14th amendment says congress -- it now sees the states as the danger to liberty and congress can override the states when they try to deprive american citizens of their basic rights. it's a fundamental shift in the federal system from a state centered system before the civil war to one in which the federal government has far more power, particularly when it comes to defining the basic rights of all citizens. in the 20th century,...
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thomas was nominated to the supreme court i became a commentator. written commentary doing radio. i'm really not a journalist. >> when you have to fill out a form that says profession, what do you write? >> conservative commentator. >> not just commentator, conservative. >> i'm a conservative commentator. >> all right. >> that doesn't surprise you. >> at some point you have to say to yourself and maybe not verbalized, you have to say i'm a leader. what was that point for you? >> that's a funny question. as a child i was a leader is what my parents would say. >> how did that exhibit as a child, not just high school offices. >> at home. >> okay. >> at home. >> who trusted you? who followed you at home? >> my parents and brothers and sisters and uncles and cousins. you know, i -- they felt i had wisdom. something going wrong with the farm and things not working out the way they were supposed to and as a boy at 14 years old, daddy, have you ever tried this or thought of this. daddy said boy, how did you know that? boy, you have boys app growing up so my father would say boy, i'm telli
thomas was nominated to the supreme court i became a commentator. written commentary doing radio. i'm really not a journalist. >> when you have to fill out a form that says profession, what do you write? >> conservative commentator. >> not just commentator, conservative. >> i'm a conservative commentator. >> all right. >> that doesn't surprise you. >> at some point you have to say to yourself and maybe not verbalized, you have to say i'm a leader. what...
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thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> we talk to supreme court reporter david savage about the death of justice scalia over the sbentd vacancy left on the court. then the aaron klein with the possible changes on interest rates in the coming weeks. you can join the conversation on phone or by facebook and twitter. washington journal every morning live at 7:00 am on c-span. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour hosted by our cable partners takes you to greenville, south carolina, to explore the city's history and literary culture. >> in september 1939 when europe went to war, our allies, primarily england and france, looked to washington, d.c. for goods and materials that they needed. so, washington, d.c. looked down to the textile capital of the world. and all of a sudden, government contracts came funneling into this area, asking the mills here to begin producing for the war effort, initially for our allies and then, of course, for the united states as well. >> and on american history tv -- >> so we're standing right here at red river falls. this really was a pretty nasty spot. it'
thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> we talk to supreme court reporter david savage about the death of justice scalia over the sbentd vacancy left on the court. then the aaron klein with the possible changes on interest rates in the coming weeks. you can join the conversation on phone or by facebook and twitter. washington journal every morning live at 7:00 am on c-span. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour hosted by our cable partners takes you to greenville, south...
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the circuit court, the court just below the supreme court, ruled that the bulk collection of phone records is illegal. cruz, though, claimed he was with us on reforming the nsa. but he talks out of both sides of his mouth. you saw him on the debate stage when rubio questioned him on this, he said, oh no, he voted for the bill because he favors allowing the nsa to collect 100% of your cell phone records. if his goal is to collect 100% of your cell phone records, he greatly misunderstands the liberty movement. i've got a better idea. why don't we collect 0% of your phone records? keeping the government out of our records is essential to creativity. pink floyd understood -- all right. all right. just pink floyd. pink floyd understood the genius needs to be left alone. whether your ideas are politically correct or not, whether you're a painter or a self-proclaimed prophet, the exhortation is to shine. shine on, you crazy diamond. for the crazy diamonds to shine, government must get out of the way. the believe me alone generation is a generation that believes they can conquer the world and solv
the circuit court, the court just below the supreme court, ruled that the bulk collection of phone records is illegal. cruz, though, claimed he was with us on reforming the nsa. but he talks out of both sides of his mouth. you saw him on the debate stage when rubio questioned him on this, he said, oh no, he voted for the bill because he favors allowing the nsa to collect 100% of your cell phone records. if his goal is to collect 100% of your cell phone records, he greatly misunderstands the...